The Calvinist International
At the conclusion of his Icones, a series of tributes to the Reformers and their forerunners, Theodore Beza attaches a series of 44 emblemata, pictures with captions in verse to explain their meaning. The opening image/poem combination in the series is quite nice. The image, an empty circle, at first glance appears odd. What could it possibly […]
Below is the second section (“On Baptism”) of the Wittenberg Concord, the first part of which treats the Lord’s Supper and which I translated here. It is a strong affirmation of the propriety and necessity of infant baptism and was subscribed by all those listed in the previous post, though some of its particulars would not […]
I don’t consider myself a partisan of the strong Puritan construal of the regulative principle, in so far as I understand it–one that, on principle, objects to the corporate celebration of things such as Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Ascension, and so on. However, the Westminster Confession of Faith, which is the confession most often subscribed by […]
Next month marks the 480th anniversary of the Wittenberg Concord, a document that resulted from discussions about the sacraments between German Lutherans and the Reformed of southwestern Germany and western Switzerland. It is the result, in other words, of the search for consensus among various parts of the Protestant world, intended to be an affirmation […]
One of our ongoing goals here at TCI is to rebut the notion that “Calvinism” or “Reformed Theology” has maintained an antagonistic attitude towards natural revelation, natural philosophy, natural law, and wisdom gleaned from pagan sources. This is certainly true of more recent forms of it, what is sometimes termed “neo-Calvinism,” but it is not […]
A little less than a year ago, I wrote a post on John Calvin’s views on posture in worship. The below is something of an addendum, a gloss from–wait for it–Niels Hemmingsen. Translation The fourth external circumstance of prayer is the posture of the body, which, although it is bound by no rules, should nevertheless […]
TCI and The Davenant Trust have been working together as partners for the past few years, and we are very excited to help promote the new Davenant House project that is now underway. As a way to promote our principles and upcoming plans, we have enlisted Roman Roads Media to shoot a series of videos […]
Niels Hemmingsen, commenting on the clause “I believe in the forgiveness of sins” in the Apostles’ Creed, calls gracious forgiveness the “chief adornment of the church.” Text and Translation Remissio peccatorum est praecipuum ornamentum Ecclesiae, quo donatur a suo sponso Christo. Nam forma propria iustificationis Ecclesiae et singulorum membrorum in Ecclesia, hic exprimitur, quae est […]
Niels Hemmingsen with words of encouragement, from his remarks in the Enchiridion theologicum on the clause “from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead” in the Apostles’ Creed: Translation This part [of the Creed] is indeed terrifying to the impious and those who are enemies of Christ. But for Christians it is […]
Consider this an exercise in the the analysis of the evolution of the heroic temper. Lewis and Vergil In his chapter on Vergil in A Preface to Paradise Lost, C.S. Lewis speaks of Aeneas’ “reluctant yet unfaltering search for the abiding city (mansuram urbem)” (emph. orig.). The passage in question comes from the “all-important” Book […]